[Tagging] Key:circuits added to power template

[Volker Schmidt]

Two comments:

1) For a non-expert it is difficult to assess how many circuits a power
line carries without having access to the operators' documentation.

2) I notice that the wiki page uses the term "cable" for overhead power
distribution. According to my knowledge and Wikipedia (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_power_line) overhead power lines are
implemented with "conductors". Cables (i.e. insulated conductors) are
normally not used in overground transmission.

Volker



On 22 January 2013 00:05, Ole Nielsen <on-osm at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> As already mentioned in a previous thread I have been drafting a
> definition for a new "circuits" key describing the number of electrical
> circuits of a power line or cable connection. See the feature page at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Key:circuits<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:circuits>
>
> The new key is mainly intended for underground cable connections
> (power=cable) where the number of cables is unknown or has no fixed
> relationship with the number of electrical circuits.
>
> I have now added this key to the power template expecting nobody will have
> major objections to this additional key. The circuits key will not affect
> current tagging practice. It will however allow mappers to add an important
> extra information to power lines and cables, an information that it is not
> always possible to deduce from the existing cables=* tag.
>
> The circuits=* key is now visible in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**
> wiki/Key:power <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:power> and map
> features.
>
> Ole / polderrunner
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